# War Resisters League Peace Award

Since 1958, the War Resisters League, the pacifist group founded in 1923, has awarded almost annually its War Resisters League Peace Award to a person or organization whose work represents the League's commitment to radical nonviolent action.

## Laureates

| Year | Awardee | Speaker at ceremony | Notes |
| 1958 | Jeannette Rankin | |
| 1959 | AJ Muste | Martin Luther King Jr. |
| 1960 | | Fenner Brockway and Bayard Rustin |
| 1961 | Tracy Mygatt and Frances M. Witherspoon | Murray Kempton and Bayard Rustin |
| 1962 | Jim Peck | Douglas Campbell and Bayard Rustin |
| 1963 | Dorothy Day | Evan Thomas and AJ Muste |
| 1964 | James Bevel and Diane Nash | A. Philip Randolph |
| 1965 | Bayard Rustin | Milton Mayer |
| 1966 | Norman Thomas | Mulford Sibley |
| 1967 | Barbara Deming | Ralph DiGia |
| 1968 | The Resistance | |
| 1969 | Ammon Hennacy | | Dinner was canceled |
| 1970 | People Resisting within the Military | |
| 1971 | Majorie Swann | Lanza del Vasto |
| 1972 | Ann Upshure | | Recognition only; not an official award |
| 1973 | No dinner | |
| 1974 | Daniel Berrigan | Allen Ginsberg |
| 1975 | Dave Dellinger | |
| 1976 | Julius Eichel | |
| 1977 | Marion Bromley and Ernest Bromley | |
| 1978 | David Berkingoff and Prafulla Mukerj | |
| 1979 | Igal Roodenko | |
| 1980 | Grace Paley | |
| 1981 | Ralph DiGia | | Recognition only; not an award |
| 1982 | Bent Andreson | |
| 1983 | Virginia Eggleston, Thomas Grabell, and Ashley King | |
| 1984 | Larry Gara | |
| 1985 | Barbara Reynolds | |
| 1986 | Plowshares Disarmament Community | |
| 1987 | Dorie Bunting | |
| 1988 | Don Luce, Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW), John McAuliff, David Truong, Bob Eaton, and Lady Borton | |
| 1989 | Children of War | |
| 1990 | Esther Pank and Riley Bostrom | |
| 1991 | Gulf War Resisters | |
| 1992 | War Tax Resisters, especially activists in Colrain, Massachusetts, An Act of Conscience | |
| 1993 | WRL’s 70th Anniversary | |
| 1994 | No dinner/award | |
| 1995 | No dinner/award | |
| 1996 | The Living Theatre | |
| 1997 | Bob Moses | |
| 1998 | Odetta, Charlie King, People's Voice Cafe, and Pete Seeger | |
| 1999 | David McReynolds | |
| 2000 | Committee for the Rescue and Development of Vieques, Puerto Rico | |
| 2001 | Kate Donnelly and Clay Colt | |
| 2002 | Christian Peacemaker Teams | |
| 2003 | September Eleventh Families for Peaceful Tomorrows | |
| 2004 | Fernando Suarez del Solar of Military Families Speak Out | |
| 2005 | Karl Bissinger and Ralph DiGia | |
| 2006 | Women Resisting War from within the Military: Diedra Cobb, Anita Cole, Kelly Dougherty and Katherine Jashinski | Presented by Ann Wright |
| 2007 | Center for Constitutional Rights and Torture Abolition Survivors and Support Coalition International Posthumous lifetime achievement award: Grace Paley | |
| 2008 | Kali Akuno and Shana Griffin representing grassroots groups working to rebuild New Orleans | A concert with Steve Earle, Allison Moorer, Stephanie McKay, Red Baraat Festival, and Jan Bell and the Cheap Dates |
| 2009 | Dennis Brutus, Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA), and Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe (GALZ) Grace Paley Lifetime Achievement Award: Bill Sutherland, Pan-Africanist and WWII Conscientious Objector | |
| 2010 | Kathy Kelly | |
| 2011 | Afghan Youth Peace Volunteers | | Award was declined. The group didn’t want to distract from the people in Afghanistan needing support and a voice. |
| 2012 | Asma Mohammed, Suez Port Worker and Labor Leader | |
| 2013 | Joan Baez, Harry Belafonte, Daniel Ellsberg Ralph DiGia Award: Joanne Sheehan, New England WRL | |
| 2014 | No Peace Award Ralph DiGia Award: Ruth Benn | |
| 2015 | Mumia Abu-Jamal | |
| 2016 | Jannat Al Ghezi | |
| 2017 | Mariame Kaba Grace Paley Lifetime Achievement Award: Rasmea Odeh | |
| 2018 | Corrina Gould and The Peace Poets Grace Paley Lifetime Achievement Award: Mandy Carter (activist) | |
| 2019 | Highlander Research and Education Center | |